Here’s a sampling of local graduation plans that have been adjusted due to COVID-19 Damien Memorial School, Kalihi, Oahu, will stream its graduation ceremony online. The school president, principal, master of ceremonies and two students will be physically present in the gym for the commencement exercises, but pictures of all the seniors will be displayed […]
Archives for May 2020
Memorandum: Directives and guidance in preparation for the reopening of churches
Memorandum TO: Clergy, Parishes and the Faithful FROM: Deacon Modesto Cordero, Director, Office of Worship DATE: May 8, 2020 RE: Directives and guidance in preparation for the reopening of churches and the resumption of public Masses (Approved by Bishop Larry Silva – May 7, 2020) “Man does not live on bread alone but on every […]
Priests designated essential workers in ministry to the dying
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Priests, in adherence to their duty to deliver sacraments to the dying, have been designated essential workers in Hawaii during this time of the coronavirus. This means they are permitted to hear the confessions of patients, to anoint them and to give them holy Communion, under the restrictions of […]
Bishop Larry Silva: Do not let your hearts be troubled
WITNESS TO JESUS | FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER This is the prepared text of Bishop Larry Silva’s homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter delivered May 10 during a private livestreamed Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. If this were not a Sunday, today we would be celebrating the […]
Hospital chaplains talk about their ministry in the midst of pandemic
By Dave Guthro Catholic News Service LEWISTON, Maine — “It’s about being present to the human person in those moments of need when we come to experience how vulnerable we all are, and though I may not be able to do something to change the situation, I can still be with that person in need […]
Father Shay Auerbach, Jesuits: Finding God and grasping his hand
VIRIDITAS: SOUL GREENING Interviewed by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP Hawaii Catholic Herald I have been a Jesuit for 31 years and a priest for 20. I was attracted to the Jesuits because of their — believe it or not — humility. Ignatius Loyola, our founder insisted that God was laboring in all things, for […]
New lawsuits filed against the diocese and other entities
By Laurie LaGrange Diocese of Honolulu April 24 marked the end of an extended six-year window for Hawaii victims of childhood sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against their alleged perpetrators and their employers, and with this deadline, came a substantial number of new lawsuits. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, along with Punahou School […]
Hawaii Catholic Harold’s Quiz: May 15, 2020
My dear quizcentrics, I hope the quarantine provides you with a little extra time to ponder our latest quiz. Test your knowledge on the rosary, Our Blessed Mother and Japanese church history. [forminator_quiz id=”22449″] PRINT VERSION 1) Current events A finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Drama was Will Arbery’s “Heroes of the Fourth […]
Masks with double the saintly protection prove popular
By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald “This project has been the most spiritually rewarding that I have encountered in my 76 years,” said Wendy Wylder who has been sewing face masks with the aloha-print fabric images of Hawaii’s two saints. Ever since the Hawaii Catholic Herald ran a story last month about the Waialua parishioner […]
Mary Adamski: Sing to God a hymn of gladness
VIEW FROM THE PEW Of all the experiences of these many weeks of staying separate and feeling fearful, none has underscored the stark mindset of quarantine than hunching over the computer screen watching Mass being said in a nearly empty church. Nothing has made me feel more isolated than singing “alleluia” as a solo in […]